Yul Lose Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Mrs. Lose took me to Kings Fish House for a late birthday dinner and I always order some raw oysters. I use the little fork to dig them out of the shell and dunk them in the cocktail sauce and horseradish or the other dips that they offer. Sitting across from me at another table was a man and woman and that woman could eat raw oysters, while I was there she ate 2 dozen but she would put the horseradish and cocktail sauce on them and pick up the oyster shell and kind of suck and scrape the oyster out of the shell with her teeth and then turn the shell over and stack them up. Thinking about it on the way home I came to the conclusion that doing that might be hard on her teeth, any of you guys eat them like that? Quote
Alpo Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 I take them out of the shell on the fork. Dunk them in the cocktail sauce. Set them on a saltine - the only use I have ever found for the saltine cracker - and shove it in the pie hole. 2 Quote
Texas Lizard Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 She is gearing you up for something....Have a great evening.... Texas Lizard 1 1 Quote
Yul Lose Posted December 29, 2024 Author Posted December 29, 2024 When we were leaving we walked by a table with 10 people at it and 4 of them were little kids. This little blond haired 3-4 year old boy was eating raw oysters as fast as his dad could get them out of the shell. Quite a few people were standing around watching in amazement, my wife told me later that that should be child abuse, she doesn’t like oysters. 6 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Pry it open, loosen it in the shell with the knife, add a splash of lemon juice and a few drops of Tabasco. Shoot it right from the shell. Preferably on the beach with some iced vodka and cold beer. 2 1 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Doctor 'em up and slide 'em down, as long as they're nice and cold. Yum! And I like Joe's idea of the chilled vodka chaser! Growing up on the coast of Texas, we really enjoyed fried oysters. Battered and fried. But the first time I tried 'em in california, I almost gagged. It seems most folk I've encountered here like to batter 'em, then fry 'em so the batter is cooked but the oyster is just warm and slimy. Same with the so-called "barbecued" oysters I've sampled. If yer gonna cook 'em, COOK 'em! Otherwise, I'll have 'em raw. And while on the subject of oysters, let us all fondly remember the late Mister Black! Oysters By Baxter Black The sign upon the Café wall said ‘Oysters, 50 Cents’ “Oh my,” the blue eyed sweetheart said with some bewilderment, “I didn't know they had such fare out here upon the plain!” “Oh sure,” her cowboy date replied, “we're really quite urbane!” “I'd guess they're Chesapeake or Blue Point, don't you think?” “Uh, no ma'am, they're mostly Hereford cross, and usually they're pink. “But I've been cold, so cold myself, what you say just might be true, “and if a man looked close enough, the points just might be blue!” “I like to gather them myself,” she said, “out on the bay alone. “I pluck them from the murky depths and smash them with a stone!” The cowboy winced, as he imagined her with a little calf beneath, “Me,” he said, “I use a pocket knife and yank them with my teeth.” “Oh my,” she said, “you animal! How crude and unrefined! “Your masculine assertiveness sends shivers up my spine! “I like to use a butcher knife too dull to really cut, “I like to wedge it in between and crack them like a nut. “I pry them out, if they resist, sometimes I use the pliers, “Or even grandpa's pruning shears, whatever it requires!” The hair stood on the cowboys neck, his stomach did a whirl, He'd never heard such grisly talk, especially from a girl. “I like mine fresh,” the sweetheart said as she laid her menu down, and ordered oysters for them both, when the waiter came around. The cowboy smiled gamely, though her words stuck in his craw, Then he finally fainted dead away, when she said, "I'll have mine RAW!" * * * 3 3 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 This is on our front lawn......we eat a LOT of oysters! Just swim out, get 'em, shuck 'em and eat 'em! Also get a lot of mussels and abalone. 2 3 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 11 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Also get a lot of mussels and abalone How do you prepare those? Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 I'll shuck them, remove them from the shell, fork dip them in cocktail sauce and eat them. This is only if I'm not serving them myself. My preferred way is to put them on the grill until they just barely open and then eat them as described above. Quote
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 y'all can have my share , DO NOT care for em 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 19 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said: y'all can have my share , DO NOT care for em Agreed! Quote
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 (edited) I've had oysters prepared 3 different ways: Oyster soup. Mom made it EVERY Christmas. It was a creamy soup with real oysters cooked in the soup. Fried Oysters. My 2nd favorite type. Raw. On the 1/2 shell, cold........... and my least favorite although still good. EDIT: reading all these post has 'flung a craven on me'. I might have to visit the local restaurant and get me some oyster treats. ..........Widder Edited December 29, 2024 by Widder, SASS #59054 1 Quote
Alpo Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: My preferred way is to put them on the grill until they just barely open and then eat them as described above. That's how they ate them in Swiss Family Robinson. They gathered on the beach after surviving the shipwreck, and Father found some oysters but no one knew how to get in them. And he set them in the edge of the fire until they opened up. Read that in junior high school. First time I ever heard of using fire to open an oyster. 1 Quote
Alpo Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 15 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Oyster soup. Mom made it EVERY Christmas. It was a creamy soup with real oysters cooked in the soup Oyster stew. Wonder if it's the same thing, just with a different name because different part of the country? Milk-based instead of water. Oysters, milk, onion, butter, and potatoes. I've never made it but that's what I could taste when Mama made it. 2 1 Quote
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 2 hours ago, Alpo said: Oyster stew. Wonder if it's the same thing, just with a different name because different part of the country? Milk-based instead of water. Oysters, milk, onion, butter, and potatoes. I've never made it but that's what I could taste when Mama made it. YEP..... except with no onion. Moma was a country girl and could surely cook. She knew how to pick out good oysters at the fish market. She would also fry a few cause me and Dad loved em with the soup. I dont think I've ever had em 'smoked'. May have to try those next. ..........Widder Quote
Alpo Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 We got a gift basket one year. It had various canned exotic foods. And there was a can - looked like a can of sardines - of smoked oysters. They. Were. NASTY! There are recipes here https://duckduckgo.com/?q=smoked+oysters&t=fpas&ia=web Maybe homemade ain't bad. Never tried homemade. But those canned ones - to quote a valley girl, "gag me with a spoon". 2 Quote
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Hey ALPO, are you sure those weren't 'mountain oysters'......... ..........Widder 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Can’t have ‘em anymore!! The iodine hits me like food poisoning!! And DAMMIT , I do love ‘em!! Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 I havent had oysters in so long I forgot how I ate them. 🙄 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 49 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Hey ALPO, are you sure those weren't 'mountain oysters'......... ..........Widder Hmm, canned bull balls...what'll they think of next?! 2 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 One reason that I refuse to just eat oysters from the shell is while the edible part of the properly processed oyster is relatively pathogen free, the shell is not. I've had poisoning from improperly processed seafood (different bivalve mollusk though) before, wasn't pleasant. Quote
Stump Water Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 5 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: My preferred way is to put them on the grill until they just barely open... ... finish opening them and remove the oyster. Place it back in the not-flat half of the shell on a baking sheet. Add a little drawn butter, lemon and a few pieces of the bacon you just chopped up and fried (NOT "bacon bits"). When the baking sheet is full put it in the oven under the broiler for about 45 seconds. Eat. 2 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 2 minutes ago, Stump Water said: ... finish opening them and remove the oyster. Place it back in the not-flat half of the shell on a baking sheet. Add a little drawn butter, lemon and a few pieces of the bacon you just chopped up and fried (NOT "bacon bits"). When the baking sheet is full put it in the oven under the broiler for about 45 seconds. Eat. Now I'm hungry...thanks....thanks a lot! 1 2 Quote
Stump Water Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Alpo said: And there was a can - looked like a can of sardines - of smoked oysters. I have had canned, smoked oysters that were really good... and really bad. Seems like there's no in between. 2 Quote
Dusty Devil Dale Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Pry the shell open and cut the abductor muscles free. Slip in a patt of butter and a bit of hot sauce or cocktail sauce. Close the shell, toss them on the grill for a couple minutes---WOW! Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Mama described the oyster stew she'd tried as "Someone dropped an oyster in a Bull Durham bag and dragged it twice through a wash boiler of milk." I won't mention the fraternal organization that advertised their oyster stew dinner, they're still in operation, but this many years after, they have younger officers. I have no idea if they still have oyster stew dinners. Dear old Dad put his on a cracker, sprinkled pepper on it, enjoyed it with a good cold beer from a frosted mug. I tried oysters, years ago, but never since: of the dozen I ate, only ten worked. Quote
Alpo Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 5 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Hey ALPO, are you sure those weren't 'mountain oysters'......... ..........Widder Not in Florida - we ain't got no mountains. 3 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 15 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: How do you prepare those? Mussels....only ever steamed, that's for us just the ultimate way to cook mussels. Abalone.....I've cooked it and ate it everyway possible, I don't fancy it all that much like people go crazy for it. Best part of Abalone for me is the guts for fishing bait. We caught 12 kilos of sweet school prawns on Christmas Eve for Christmas Day, they were delicious and worth the sandfly & mosquito bites we got catching them. 2 Quote
Irish Pat Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 please come to Nawlins and go to Brennan’s on Bourbon Street. Oyster Rockefeller, Oystrr Bienville, oyster Po’Boy on frenc bread, chargrilled oysters raw oysters, Fried Oysters, seafood Gumbo. ouster dressing, Irish☘️ Pat 1 1 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Not to boast ....but the Sydney Rock Oyster is the BEST oyster in the world Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said: Mussels....only ever steamed, that's for us just the ultimate way to cook mussels. Steamed with white wine, butter, and lemon. 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said: Abalone.....I've cooked it and ate it everyway possible, I don't fancy it all that much like people go crazy for it. Ever have it as sashimi? Sliced thin and pounded thinner. Hit it with a little lime or lemon juice and a pinch of salt. It has such a mild flavor that it's easy to overpower it. Also easy to overcook it so that it makes shoe leather seem tender. 1 Quote
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